But there are times when the little cloud spreads, until it obscures the sky. And those times I look around at my fellow men and I am reminded of some likeness of the beast-people, and I feel as though the animal is surging up in them. And I know they are neither wholly animal nor holy man, but an unstable combination of both.

H. G. Wells

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We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

H. G. Wells

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We live in a world of unused and misapplied knowledge and skill.

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Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.

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When a man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear.

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There is no upper limit to what individuals are capable of doing with their minds. There is no age limit that bars them from beginning. There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome if they persist and believe.

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Our true nationality is mankind.

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Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.

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If we don't end war, war will end us.

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Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

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The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.

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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters.

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What really matters is what you do with what you have.

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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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Find the thing you want to do most intensely, make sure that’s it, and do it with all your might. If you live, well and good. If you die, well and good. Your purpose is done

H. G. Wells

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No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document.

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For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.

H. G. Wells

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The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard it ceases to be anything more than 'the gang in possession,' and its days are numbered.

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He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.

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once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be, or lose that person completely.

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